Senior Brand Manager

Based - St Albans, AL1 2RE (Hybrid)
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12 Month FTC , Full Time
Join Premier Foods - where people, brands and purpose come together.
At Premier Foods, we're passionate about creating the food people love to eat every day. From much-loved cupboard staples to innovative meal solutions, our brands play an important role in households across the UK.
We're looking for an experienced and commercially minded Senior Brand Manager to join our Quick & Easy Meals team on a maternity cover basis. This is an exciting opportunity to lead brand strategy, drive growth and make a real impact within one of our key categories
As Senior Brand Manager, you'll be the champion for our Soup & Easy Meals portfolio, owning and delivering brand strategy and execution across the category. You'll play a pivotal role in driving growth, consumer engagement and commercial performance whilst influencing a broad range of stakeholders across the business.
Working closely with teams across Sales, Customer Marketing, Innovation, Insights, Category, Finance and R&D, you'll bring consumer insight, commercial thinking and creativity together to deliver winning plans that strengthen our brands and drive market share growth.
What you'll be doing

• Taking full accountability for brand performance, including P&L delivery, market share and conumer health metrics across the Soup & Easy Meals portfolio.
• Developing and implementing growth strategies that maximise consumer trial, penetration and setailer support.
• Leading the development and execution of integrated marketing and communication plans.
• Partnering with retailer teams to deliver compelling activation programmes that drive category growth.
• Driving innovation, renovation and line extension projects from concept through to launch
• Using consumer and category insight to identify opportunities and shape future plans.
• Analysing brand performance data and translating insights into clear actions and recommendation
• Contributing to business reviews, forecasting processes and annual planning cycles.
• Leading and developing an Assistant Brand Manager through coaching, support and performance management.
• Acting as an ambassador for the category, building strong relationships and inspiring others around your brands and plan

What we need from you?
We're looking for a marketer who combines strategic thinking with a strong bias for action.
You'll bring:

• A minimum of five years' experience within FMCG or another brand-led organisation.
• Strong brand management and marketing expertise, including involvement in innovation development.
• A proven track record of delivering successful projects and measurable business results.
• Excellent commercial andanalytical skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable recommendations.
• Experience working effectively across multiple functions and influencing a variety of stakeholders.
• analytical skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable recommendations.
• Strong leadership capability with an inclusive and collaborative style.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset and a high level of personal accountability.

What we offer you in return?

• Competitive salary and bonus
• Up to 7.5% pension
• Private medical insurance and life assurance
• Hybrid working (50% home / 50% office or site)
• Sharesave scheme and the option to purchase additional holiday
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Access to a wide employee discount scheme

Ready to apply?
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At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.
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